Francesca the Florentine
By: by Sandra Shulman
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Shulman, Sandra. Francesca -- 1.
Publisher: Dales Large Print Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781842625996
Subjects: European fiction; Fiction; History; Renaissance
Description: A major historical love story ... The time is the Renaissance in Italy; the place Florence and the heroine, Francesca de Narni, a beautiful and courageous girl. While her destiny becomes inextricably entwined with the deadly intrigues of the Medici family the city is plunged into an abyss of destruction and slaughter.

In order to survive Francesca masks her true identity and sets out to revenge herself on the powerful men who destroyed her former happiness.
Notes: Originally published: London: New English Library, 1971.